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Control IO Output

Mechaware API Documentation > Output

Overview

Overview

Description

The Controller IO Output block is used to write a single bit of data from the Controller Output memory. This is a general purpose output that is available to the user. The block is updated at the update rate, determined by the Evaluate Block.

Example

The following example shows a simple PID control loop set up for Axis 0, and the Motion State block used to trigger the Controller IO Bit 0.

The Sign block receives any value coming from the Motion State and changes it into a 1 (when the Motion State is greater than 0) or 0 (when the Motion State is 0). That value is then converted to an integer (1 or 0) and written to the Control IO Output Bit 0.

The configuration values for this block are as follows:

 
Bit Number

Selects an output from bits 0-5:

0 = USER 0
1 = USER 1
2 = USER 2
3 = USER 3
4 = USER 4
5 = USER 5
Evaluate Block

This block allows you to specify whether the block executes Every Sample, Every Other Sample (Odd or Even), or Every Fourth Sample (and specify the First, Second, Third, or Fourth) or background. This provides greater flexibility in controlling the execution of a model and to preserve performance for other areas of motion control.
User Defined Block Priority When selected, allows you to enter a Priority Code to modify Execution Ordering of this block. For more information, see Block Execution Order and User Defined Block Priority.
Priority For an explanation of how the Priority field is used by the MechaWare Model Downloader, see Block Execution Order and User Defined Block Priority.
User Data 0 Application-specific data. See User Data Storage.
User Data 1 Application-specific data. See User Data Storage.
Order Block update group number. Used to enforce relative ordering.

Matlab/Simulink

Simulink Interface

The Control IO Output block only writes to control IO bits. The Bit Number defines which bit to set the value on the Bit input line (See overview for enumerations).

The block has two user data fields (User Data 0, User Data 1) to store application-specific data for convenient storage and retrieval. See User Data Storage for details.

The block's update schedule is determined by the Evaluate Block. The following Parameter Dialog Box can be opened by double-clicking on the block in a Simulink Model:

 

C++ API

CONTROL_IO_OUTPUTBlock

Declaration

Public Method

  
class CONTROL_IO_OUTPUTBlock: public virtual Block
{
public:

	// User accessible coefficients
	long				BitNumber;
};
 

Required Header: mechaware.h

Description

The CONTROL_IO_OUTPUT block is a special case of the BIT_OUTPUT block. Used as a convenient way of targeting the control output bits, abstracting the need for a source address and data type. See Overview for more information.

Methods

Block Methods

See Also

Bit Output | IO Output | Control IO Input

 
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